Ajey Lele

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Need to recognize the vagaries of space weather’ has been published in Volume 9, Issue 2 of the Physics & Astronomy International Journal, on 08 April 2025.

Space weather has now become a critical component of global space situational awareness (SSA) frameworks. However, much more needs to be done in this field, and there is a need for a unified global structure for monitoring and analysing space weather, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘The Landmine Ban at a Crossroads: Strategic Retreats and Treaty Breaches’ has been published by the Society for the Study of Peace and Conflict (SSPC) on 04 April 2025.

On April 1, 2025, Finland’s Prime Minister announced the country’s intention to withdraw from the international treaty banning anti-personnel land mines. Contrary to the date’s association with pranks, this declaration is no April Fool’s joke, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Vance’s Greenland visit: Why Trump is obsessed with this snow-clad island’ has been published in First Post on 02 April 2025.

For the US Space Force, more military installations are required to be developed to get maximum advantage of Greenland’s strategic location for monitoring and timely responding to any possible threat. For the US, Greenland has long-term strategic, military, and economic significance, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Trump is Making Nuclear Proliferation Great Again’ has been published in ‘The Wire’ on 07 March 2025.

Today, there is a growing danger that years of effort made by the US and other states under the UN umbrella towards evolving and executing non-proliferation, arms control, and disarmament mechanisms will get undermined, says Gp Capt Lele.

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President Trump is demanding that Ukraine provide the US with the equivalent of US$ 500 billion in minerals and rare earths, in return for US assistance to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Trump’s Anti-Science Agenda: War on Facts’ has been published in Taaza Khabar News on 25 February 2025.

Today, the US President is found increasingly aligning with the fossil fuel industry! Recently, he signed an executive order to bring back plastic straws—let us hope his policies do not emerge as the ‘last straw’ for the progress of science, says Gp Capt Lele.

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  Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Trump and Nuclear Negotiations’ has been published in Financial Express on 21 February 2025. As per some estimates today the US and Russia could be having more than 5000 nuclear weapons each while China could have around 500 to 600 weapons. Hence, China would not like to join any discussions at the stage and possibly would wait for the US and Russia to negotiate first, says Gp Capt Lele. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘ISRO’s Expanding Skyline’ has been published in Raksha Anirveda on 21 February 2025. Planning big for the future, ISRO’s four important space projects include the next mission to the Moon, says Gp Cap Lele. Read Complete Article [+] Disclaimer: The views expressed by the author are personal and do not in any way reflect the views of MP-IDSA or the Government of India.

Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘Is Trump's Quest For an ‘Iron Dome’ Outlandish or Realistic?’ has been published in ‘The Wire’ on 16 February 2025.

It appears that the US security establishment is growing concerned by Russian and Chinese advancements in the field of hypersonic missiles, says Gp Capt Lele.

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Deputy Director General, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Gp Capt (Dr) Ajey Lele’s article ‘China-Pakistan aerospace bonhomie’ has been published in Financial Express on 25 January 2025.

Pakistan’s space program has a long history. SUPARCO was established in 1961 as a committee in Karachi and became an independent commission in 1981. However, despite its longstanding presence, Pakistan has struggled to make significant progress in the space field, which is surprising for a country that is a nuclear power with a well-established missile program, says Gp Capt Lele.

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